“Slumdog Millionaire” it’s a 2008 British drama film, which is very famous all over the world.
It talks about Jamal Malik, former street child from the Juhu slum, now a contestant on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and one question away from the grand prize.
He is detained and questioned by the police, who suspect him of cheating because it is impossible for a simple "slumdog" with very little education to know all the answers. Jamal recounts, through flashbacks, the incidents in his life which provided him with each answer. These flashbacks tell the story of Jamal, his brother Salim and Latika. However, in the interrogation room, the police inspector calls Jamal's explanation "bizarrely plausible", but thinks he is not a liar and allows him to return to the show. Jamal's final question is, by coincidence, the name of the third musketeer in The Three Musketeers, a fact he never learned. Jamal uses his Phone-A-Friend lifeline to call Salim's cell, as it is the only phone number he knows. Latika succeeds in answering the phone just in the nick of time, and, because she does not know the answer, tells Jamal that she is safe. Relieved, Jamal randomly picks Aramis, the right answer, and wins the grand prize. Later that night, Jamal and Latika meet at the railway station and kiss.
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“Slumdog Millionaire” it’s a 2008 British drama film, which is very famous all over the world.
It talks about Jamal Malik, former street child from the Juhu slum, now a contestant on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and one question away from the grand prize.
He is detained and questioned by the police, who suspect him of cheating because it is impossible for a simple "slumdog" with very little education to know all the answers. Jamal recounts, through flashbacks, the incidents in his life which provided him with each answer.
These flashbacks tell the story of Jamal, his brother Salim and Latika.
However, in the interrogation room, the police inspector calls Jamal's explanation "bizarrely plausible", but thinks he is not a liar and allows him to return to the show.
Jamal's final question is, by coincidence, the name of the third musketeer in The Three Musketeers, a fact he never learned. Jamal uses his Phone-A-Friend lifeline to call Salim's cell, as it is the only phone number he knows. Latika succeeds in answering the phone just in the nick of time, and, because she does not know the answer, tells Jamal that she is safe. Relieved, Jamal randomly picks Aramis, the right answer, and wins the grand prize.
Later that night, Jamal and Latika meet at the railway station and kiss.
The movie ends this way:
(adapted from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire)
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